Amid latest Covid surge, Delhi doctor emphasises need for booster dose to curb transmission

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the city since 25 February when 128 cases were detected.

COVID on Wednesday, with 199 in intensive care.This is down by one for hospitalizations and a decrease of three for ICUs since the previous day.Last Wednesday, there were 1,734 hospitalizations with 211 in ICU. This is a 2 per cent decrease and a 5.7 per cent decrease, respectively, to the figures this week.According to latest data for hospitalizations, 57 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.

Chris Kamara stepped down from his role at Sky Sports after 24 years with the channel, amid his struggles with his speech. MORE: Lorraine Kelly sends her support to 'very precious' friend amid health woesChris, 64, shared that he also offered to quit his role on ITV’s The Games, but was persuaded to stay.

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impairment is equivalent to losing about 10 IQ points. 

Italy has announced that a passenger locator form is no longer required to enter the country - but other Covid travel rules will remain in place until the end of the month.

A devastated mother has spoken of her heartache after her son was left almost completely paralysed after he caught Covid. She now believes more could've been done for her son after he initially fell ill at their home.

Spain has confirmed that Covid-19 travel rules will remain in place for UK flyers until May 15.

deadly variant which could re-emerge.

ISIS in Syria, a court heard.Tarek Namouz, 42, faces eight charges of entering into a terror funding arrangement between November 2020 and May 2021.Namouz, who appeared at the Old Bailey by video link from Wandsworth jail yesterday, is also accused of two counts of possessing terrorist information relating to videos.The defendant, who spoke only to confirm his identity, was remanded into custody until his next appearance.He has not yet entered any pleas.Prosecutor Jonathan Polnay told the court it is alleged the defendant sent "the proceeds of coronavirus bounce back funding loans to ISIS".Mr Justice Sweeney said it was a "serious case" which would be heard by Judge Peter Lodder, the Recorder of Richmond sitting at Kingston Crown Court.A plea and case management hearing was set for July 22, with a provisional two-week trial from November 21.The bounceback loans, which were fully guaranteed by the Government, were intended to compensate firms for reduced trade during the Covid lockdowns.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking here.Bosses could apply for up to £50,000 or 25% of annual turnover.Banks were ordered to ease the usual checks.

Delhi conducts a large number of tests. As the eligible population of Delhi has got vaccinated, the number of hospital admissions is very less despite the daily cases count in the 1,200-1,500 range in the last few days and the positivity rate standing in the bracket of five-six per cent.

India reported 3,205 new covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, 637 more than the previous count. On Tuesday, the country reported 2,568 new infections.

Beijing closed dozens of subway stations, as Covid restrictions slowly constrict movement across the Chinese capital of over 21 million people.

A second oral anti-viral medicine for people with COVID-19 will be available in the community on prescription from tomorrow.

active cases comprise 0.05% of the total infections, while the national Covid recovery rate was recorded as 98.74%, the ministry said.

coronavirus that accounts for most COVID-19 infections in Quebec is more transmissible than the previous Omicron strain, but it is not more virulent, the province’s public health institute said Tuesday.About 90 per cent of new COVID-19 infections randomly screened in Quebec since mid-April involve the BA.2 subvariant, which replaced the original Omicron strain — BA.1 — responsible for a surge in infections last winter.On Tuesday, the Institut national de santé publique du Quebec said, “The risks of hospitalization or any other serious illnesses related to BA.2 were comparable to those associated with BA.1.”The institute’s report found that vaccines were 10 per cent to 40 per cent effective at preventing symptomatic infections in the six months after the second dose. A third dose increased the effectiveness against symptomatic infection to between 40 per cent and 74 per cent.“Vaccine effectiveness for preventing hospitalizations or deaths linked to BA.2 remained elevated (77 per cent to 85 per cent) even seven months after the second dose,” the institute said.

Today we are reporting 8,454  community cases, 481 hospitalisations and 24 deaths.

coronavirus deaths being published by some agencies with respect to India must stop.

Though US COVID-19 pediatric cases have dropped significantly since the Omicron surge seen in the winter months—when weekly infections topped more than 1 million—the latest update from the American Academy of Pediatrics shows that more than 53,000 child COVID-19 cases were reported for the week ending Apr 28, an increase of about 61% from 2 weeks ago.

Jon Batiste is a glass half-full kinda guy. Case in point -- amid his wife, Suleika Jaouad's, second bout with leukemia, the five-time GRAMMY-winning singer is smiling, dancing and counting his blessings thanks to a promising update about her health.The 35-year-old musician spoke with ET's Rachel Smith on Monday night as he arrived on the red carpet for the Met Gala and explained why he feels blessed — and it has everything to do with Jaouad having an incredible couple of weeks.«She's doing great,» Batiste revealed. «This is actually the best two weeks we've had so far.

A surveillance study of more than 6,000 women who gave birth in Canada during the pandemic suggests that those infected with COVID-19 were at higher risk for hospitalization and intensive care unit (ICU) admission than those of nonpregnant women of childbearing age.

Cognitive impairment from severe COVID-19 is equivalent to losing 10 IQ points or 20 years of aging, and any recovery is slow at best, suggests a small study published late last week in eClinicalMedicine.A team led by Imperial College London and University of Camb

On Monday night, host Stephen Colbert returned to Global’s “The Late Show” after coming down with COVID late last month.

Signage outside Pfizer headquarters in New York, U.S., on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. Pfizer Inc.

A man who describes himself in his social media profile as "Pro-Life Spiderman" was seen scaling the 60-floor Salesforce tower in San Francisco on Tuesday morning, a wild scene captured on video. May 3, 2022 SAN FRANCISCO - A man who describes himself in his social media profile as "Pro-Life Spiderman" was seen scaling the 60-floor Salesforce Tower in San Francisco on Tuesday morning, a wild scene captured on video by some awe-struck admirers.Upon reaching the top of the approximately 1,000-foot-tall skyscraper around 11 a.m., he was taken into custody.MORE: San Francisco rally to protest possible overturn of Roe V. WadeOfficer Robert Rueca said that police were flagged down at 9:20 a.m.

Coronavirus infection rates across Greater Manchester are continuing to plummet, with all but one of our 10 boroughs falling below the national average. Wigan is the only area across the region above the average infection rate for England, with the town's rate currently standing at 135.8 cases per 100,000 people.

(FILES) This file picture taken on June 6, 2007 shows Kate (R) and Gerry McCann, parents of missing 4-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann holding up a picture of their daughter during a press conference in the German capital Berlin. Two British ne LISBON, Portugal (AP) - The parents of Madeleine McCann, a British toddler who vanished from an apartment during her family’s vacation in Portugal 15 years ago and captured global interest, say they remain hopeful that efforts by police in three countries to solve the mystery will eventually bring answers.Kate and Gerry McCann, both British doctors living in England, said in a statement to mark Tuesday's anniversary of their daughter’s disappearance that "a truly horrific crime" was committed on May 3, 2007.They said on the website created to help find Madeleine that "our need for answers, for the truth, is essential."RELATED: Madeleine McCann: Portuguese prosecutors identify suspect in probe of missing girlThey thanked British, Portuguese and German police who continue to work on what happened when the 3-year-old disappeared from her bed in southern Portugal’s Algarve region.

Sharon Osbourne has confirmed that she contracted Covid-19 from her husband Ozzy after she rushed home to take care of him last week. On Monday (May 2), the TalkTV host returned to our screens where she joined Jeremy Kyle from her LA home via video link for her show The Talk.

₹900 to ₹225, excluding taxes, Serum Institute of India (SII) on Tuesday informed. This comes a day after the Covid shot was included on the CoWIN portal for inoculation of children aged 12-17 years at private vaccination centres. Last week, the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) cleared the vaccine for this age.

The national capital on Tuesday witnessed 1,414 fresh coronavirus cases, 1171 recoveries and 1 death in a span of 24 hours. The active Covid-19 cases in Delhi is at 5986.

COVID-19 is killing fewer people, but Quebec still reporting dozens of deaths daily The Health Department says 7,401 workers are off the job due to COVID-19.An additional 12,968 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered Monday, including 10,640 fourth doses to people 60 and over.#COVID19 – En date du 2 mai, voici la situation au Québec: https://t.co/TG8KBlln4BEn raison de difficultés techniques, les données concernant les éclosions actives ne sont pas disponibles aujourd'hui.

COVID-19 — PRHC says to consider alternatives to emergency room amid record cases, staff shortages “This funding is another landmark investment in our hospital to end hallway health care and deliver better services for our region,” Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith said.“This funding marks a significant investment at Peterborough Regional Health Centre.  Today, we have secured funding to support 88 health-care beds at Peterborough Regional Health Centre and community partners.”In a Zoom press conference to announce the funding on Tuesday, hospital executive vice-president and chief of staff Dr. Lynn Mikula said the money was critical given the ongoing pandemic.“As we continue to operate more than 40 additional surge beds across the hospital to support substantial increases in patient volumes in recent years, and as we continue to face ongoing staffing shortages due to COVID-19 and other factors affecting the health-care system across Ontario, this funding will be absolutely critical to ensuring that we can continue to meet the care needs of the patients we serve,” Mikula said.“It provides us with more stable funding to operate the surge beds that are absolutely needed by our community and were needed before COVID.

Sharon Osbourne says she is “very worried” about her husband Ozzy Osbourne, after finding out that he tested positive for COVID-19.“I spoke to him and he’s ok,” she revealed on her new TV show ‘The Talk UK’ and explained that they had “gone two years without him catching COVID and it’s just Ozzy’s luck he would get it now.”The TV host who recently opened up about her negative experience with plastic surgery, said that it will take her “a week to get my old man back on his feet again, and I will be back in a week… We’re gonna get him a negative test by next week,” confessing she is taking a break from the show to take care of Ozzy.The 73-year-old rock star has a series of health issues, including Parkinson’s disease diagnosis in 2020, a severe infection in 2019 and a fall. “I’ve known I’ve had Parkinson’s since 2003,” Ozzy previously said, explaining that “It’s not a death sentence…It’s a mild form of Parkinson’s at the moment.”He is also not the first member of the Osbourne family to contract COVID-19.

COVID on Tuesday, with 202 in intensive care.This is up by 276 for hospitalizations but a decrease of nine for ICUs since the previous day as hospitals report updated figures since the weekend.Last Tuesday, there were 1,730 hospitalizations with 219 in ICU. This is a 1.7 per cent decrease and a 7.8 per cent decrease, respectively, to the figures this week.According to latest data for hospitalizations, 58 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.

Is your child suffering from Asthma? If so, then you need to be extra careful so that they don't catch Covid infection. A new study has revealed that asthma in children may worsen after infection with the coronavirus.

@Novavax), is now available for children in India. This is the only vaccine manufactured in India that is also sold in Europe and has an efficacy of > 90%. This is in line with Shri @narendramodi Ji's vision of providing yet another vaccine to protect our children. pic.twitter.com/QUm7sZyOfi

Gates said during an interview with Financial Times, “but, the risk of a more virulent variant emerging is way above 5%."

reports. Earlier, two suspected cases of the recombinant were reported from Maharashtra and Gujarat, but both were unconfirmed. 

Around 6% of businesses that were operating in 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic began, appeared to have closed by the end of last year, new data from the Central Statistics Office has found.

Coronavirus can affect different individuals differently. For example, some may contract severe infections from the virus, for most the symptoms are mild to moderate, and others may be completely asymptomatic. Patients who are asymptomatic might not suffer from it themselves, but they pose a high risk in terms of infecting others.  Hence, many wonder if there is a way to determine if someone is an asymptomatic Covid carrier. Read on to know more: 

Coronation Street's Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) makes a shock decision about his illness next week.He has been having issues in the bedroom with wife Sally Metcalfe (Sally Dynevor) in recent scenes.He agrees to seek medical help and Sally offers to accompany him to the doctor’s, but Tim insists he wants to go on his own.Kirk Sutherland (Andy Whyment) finds Tim loitering outside the medical centre and Tim makes excuses and does a runner.He later lies to wife Sally, making out that the doctor said his condition is nothing to worry about and perfectly normal after a major operation.After pledging to not keep secrets from Sally ever again, Tim is once again playing a dangerous game that’s bound to lead to trouble when she finds out. But could the consequences of ignoring his health issues again turn out to be more serious?Following his heart bypass, Tim and Sally have been desperate to do the deed but things haven’t gone to plan.Tim has been suffering from impotence but was using his mum Elaine Jones' (Paula Wilcox) interfering ways to distract himself from the real problem.Things turned awkward between the pair as Sally tried to broach the subject of their disastrous love making.However, an embarrassed Tim refuses to discuss it, leaving Sally annoyed.As he later apologised to Sally and presented her with some flowers, and they enjoyed a lovely meal together.But when Sally suggested an early night, Tim admitted he’s worried about his impotence, so Sally assured him she’s happy to settle for a hug.Elsehwere in Weatherfield, Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) reveals to Aadi Alahan (Adam Hussain) that she’s joined a diabetic support group.

India Covid tally

A martial arts instructor from Cumbernauld was able to see his teenage daughter score in a Murrayfield final thanks to a new antiviral treatment for COVID-19.

Covid cases in India declined on Tuesday with the country reporting 2,568 new cases in the last 24 hours, 589 fewer cases as compared with the previous day. The total prevalence of active cases is around 19,137, the union health ministry said on Tuesday.

Union Ministry of Health. The country witnessed a single-day death of 20 because of the respiratory infection. With this, the overall fatalities have surged to 5,23,889.

PHILADELPHIA - Members of Philadelphia's Kingsessing neighborhood gathered Monday to share ideas about ways to combat the scourge of gun violence plaguing the city. Philadelphia's Office of Policy and Strategic Initiative for Criminal Justice and Public Safety continued their Roadmap to Safer Communities initiative Friday night by hosting an open floor meeting at Francis J. Meyes Recreation Center. Members of Philadelphia's Kingsessing neighborhood gathered Monday to share ideas about ways to combat the scourge of gun violence plaguing the city.  The hope is to reduce gun violence by finding solutions from within communities through four goals or strategies: Connecting to and helping you thrive, Coordinating city services and planning, creating strong community engagement and partnerships, and safer and healthier neighborhoods. "What do they need more of? What are some things they see missing in the community?" Senior Director of Criminal Justice and Public Safety Erica Atwood said.